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A roadmap is something that many people look at, consider, and build. Some roadmaps, such as Rand McNally, take us from one place to another. Some roadmaps show us the functions being added to the software. Some show the release plan for a product. Others may take us on a journey from where we are to somewhere else either as a group, a technology, or as a society. Roadmaps are designed to help us see what will happen when. The reason for my discussion today of roadmaps is the interesting questions raised yesterday by readers of my automation post. I wanted first of all o say thank you to every single person that commented and asked wonderful questions. Thank you, thank you!!!!
I may not have explained remote surgery effectively. Today what happens is an expert (a doctor that has performed a surgery 100, 200, or more times) does the surgery remotely. Please note that most surgery today is arthroscopic; there are no scales, nor does the body ever get opened in the operating room, There are still many surgeries that have some open-air and scalpels are still used. The majority of surgery is orthoscopic. That means that the surgeon, in the room, versus the surgeon remote, is doing the same thing. So in that scenario, wouldn’t you rather have the person that has done the surgery 400 times before? The impact on the body is the same; the tools are the same, but if the person knows all the variables and see them before you reduce your risk!
Automation is scary. The more things that are automated, the more people are concerned. There was a great point made in the comments yesterday about the time of this eventual change. I suspect that most of us look at driverless cars and remote surgery as being 10-15 years away. Sadly that isn’t true. Most likely, you will see remote surgery as an option starting in 2010. Or, ten years ago. You will see driverless cars as early as 2014. They have driven more than 10,000,000 million miles driven in China, US, Europe, and three accidents (one fatality that is still being litigated). It would be hard to know if you have seen a driverless car, as the driver’s seat is obscured on purpose so that people don’t do crazy things when they realize it is a driverless car.
(like run it off the road, which has sadly happened five times. Why would you run a car off the road on purpose, that has cameras all around it)?
I published a more in-depth article on Automation here:
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does new make you nervous?
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Did you know there were already driver less cars driving?
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Did you know remote surgeries have already been done?
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Everything has changed in our lives thanks to technology.
sometimes for the better, sometimes not for the better!
Q: DOES NEW MAKE YOU NERVOUS?
Yes (4 votes) – 44%
No (5 votes) – 56%
Q: DID YOU KNOW THERE WERE ALREADY DRIVER LESS CARS DRIVING?
Yes (5 votes) – 63%
No (3 votes) – 38%
Q: DID YOU KNOW REMOTE SURGERIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE?
Yes (4 votes) – 50%
No (4 votes) – 50%
Technology is advancing and will continue to progress …. I read that they have also completed computer science so that they will no longer be able to master it … I was looking at TV somewhere so that the missile system could mix and they could start a war … I don’t know how much there is truth in this
i suspect there isn’t a lot of worry about accidental missile launches!
there are many fail-safes, and last but not least there is the requirement for physical activities to launch missiles.
the reality of the world we are in is we are on the cusp of great change!
The show said that the system had advanced so much that the system could crash on its own .. to mess it up
still needs a human being to turn the final key!
Just what if it really messes with computers, dear friend
that was why they built the failsafe, there is no override for the two keys.
I hear about driver less cars, but haven’t encountered one yet. Seems scary in a hectic city like Chicago, but now Chicagoland is a different story.
Would be cool to have driver less car deliveries for those nights not wanting to go out to the store to get ice cream : )
The autonomous delivery system is in place, Not with cars, with actual heating or cooling robots that are sent from the restaurant. Several pizza parlors are using them near big college campus today!
Ouch. I’ll look this up
it is interesting, one of the smaller DC colleges is experimenting with this delivery system.
i would say it is virtually impossible that you haven’t. most likely you didn’t notice, they are not logo cars or Google map cars.
I will keep an eye out
I can see if I can get the Chicago map, let me ask. We have 5g services covering most of Downtown Chicago now (I work for the phone company) but the Google cars cover way more than Downtown. Last I heard they were cruising around Gray Lakes Illinois. Or it may have been Cary.
That’s pretty cool. I trust anything Google
google gets a really bad reputation in the press. I think it is hard for them to move past the reality of being a big company.
I praise Google a lot in my Yelp reviews. It has helped my find compatible restaurants based off of my previous visited ones. The matchmaking has been pretty accurate
organizational changes were their first thought (creation of Alphabet as the parent company). I don’t think they get a fair shake but I understand why people are nervous.
It is really amazing what can be accomplished.
it is yet we still don’t know everything that is out there.
It is amazing how surgeries are performed today compared to just a few years ago.
the implementation of 5g in the US, is going to reduce the risk of remote surgery even further. Today it is mostly option 2.
I hear for the first time that there have already been long-range operations. I haven’t even seen a driverless car. I certainly have little fear of this technology.
i can understand the fear, and it is a natural fear!
Thank you for the informative posts! Every new invention brings its own challenges,but I am optimistic.
i am hopeful as well, there are many things yet to come!
I’m not that much of a concern if it’s the same (remote or not) but I just want to be heal… (if I ever need one, hopefully not!)
i can understand that. I think i would want the best doctor providing surgery for me. Even if he or she wasn’t in the room.
I have no problems with driverless cars or remote surgeries. Though not every surgery can be done through the laparoscopic method I do see a time when surgery will be done remotely. I am only concerned amount some form of standardization and controls globally.
i do often wonder about the impact of money on remote surgery. Where a wealthy person gets the best surgeon on earth and the rest of us get well a doctor that has never done the procedure!
Those discrepancies are possible even otherwise don’t you think?
i do, but when you start talking about a good surgeon, local to say Paris. Vs the very best person in the world, then it bothers me even more.
Yes, the unequal distribution of power occurs today. I just don’t want to see it get worse!